Frost Speech – Keith HaynesThe lines of poetry I have just recited are stanzas 1-3 of Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening. In this poem Frost conveys the idea of a man stopping by some mysterious woods on a snowy evening and absorbing the quiet, beautiful scene. Frost reveals the temptation for the protagonist to stay for longer than he needs to in these woods, but knowing he has to return to reality and must continue travelling past the woods before he can rest for the night. In stanza one, the protagonist feels that he knows someone who owns the forest, he feels as if he was to be caught here, he would feel guilty or embarrassed. “Whose woods”, and “his house”, are examples of alliteration in the first stanza, which creates rhythm, making a “musical tone”, relating to the nature of the environment he is in. Frost often writes about the appreciation of nature in his poetry and this stanza is a great example of this. Stanza two alludes to the idea of changing where the protagonist and his horse stop, the horse feels as if they shouldn’t stop “without a farmhouse near”, but the protagonist decides he wants to stop and take in the quiet, dark, isolated forest. This stanza shows juxtaposition between the man and his horse, as the horse feels “queer”, about stoping, feeling there is something wrong with stopping and the protagonist feeling he must stop to enjoy the environment. Within this, Frost symbolises human nature and they way we as people act. Stanza three is a reference to the horse, and the way it feels about stoping there. “he gives his harness bells a shake”, this refers to the horse, the shaking of the harness bells represents the horse feeling there is a mistake stopping here, but then another juxtaposition is seen, “the only other sound’s the sweep of easy wind and downy flake”, creating imagery of a calm, peaceful, pleasant, soothing environment, which is the complete opposite of the way the horse feels about stopping, as the horse feels...

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..."Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening" by RobertFrost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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Robert Frost's Personal Life
Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was one of the most famous poets during the Post WWII and Modernism literary eras. His poetry is characterized by sad and pessimistic tones, as his personal life was full of grief. RobertFrost is widely known for his associations with rural life and rural motifs are common in his works.
Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874. When his father died, in 1885, the family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College for two months, and then returned home to...

...included four children, struggled with poverty for two decades. Frost became more and more depressed, perhaps even suicidal, and in 1912 he moved his family to England to make a fresh start. There he concentrated on his poetry and published a collection called A Boy's Will in 1913, which won praise from English critics and helped him win a U.S. publishing contract for his second book, North of Boston (1914). The American public took a liking to the 40-year-oldFrost, who returned to the U.S. when World War I broke out and bought another farm in New Hampshire. He continued to publish books and taught and lectured at Amherst, University of Michigan, Harvard, and Dartmouth, and read his poetry at the inauguration of President Kennedy. He also endured personal tragedy wy Evening." The poem, beginning with the famous line "Whose woods these are, I think I know. His house is in the village though," has introduced millions of American students to poetry.
Like most of Frost's poetry, "Stopping by Woods" adopts the tone of a simple New England farmer contemplating an everyday site. But RobertFrost was very different from the narrators he created. Long associated with New England and farming, Frost was actually born in California in 1874, where he lived until his father, a journalist, died when he...

...“Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening” written by RobertFrost, was on of his most famous works. RobertFrost was an American poet but most of his poems were written while he was in England, and they were published there. “Stopping by Woods” is a great poem because it is easy to understand, but when you read it again there is something more to it. One begins ask is the author trying to say something else. Thus the reader has two ways to analyze this poem, the surface analysis and the deeper analysis. The reader is also able to learn that this poem has two main themes; choices and isolation.
The first stanza of the poem says “Whose woods these are I think I know/His house is in the village though/ He will not see me stopping here/ To watch his woods fill up with snow.” On the surface of the poem the reader understands that this man is traveling in the woods and he sees a house that makes him remember whose woods those are that he is traveling in. The speaker of the poem also says that he is not planning on staying in the woods. On a deeper level the reader beings to question why is he not going to stay in the woods. Is the traveler afraid of the owner of the woods, does he need to be somewhere, if so, where is it that he...

...of distinctive style and rhythm. Poems that are considered as a form of literature are referred to as poetry. Different types of poems can have a range of effects on certain people. They use devices such as emotive words and symbolism to establish this connection. Through this, one may uncover feelings or memories from their past and realize the ‘deeper picture’ of certain topics i.e. life and its meaning. A well-written poem can connect with people’s ideas, express their feelings and remain memorable in their minds. I believe that poetry – to put it bluntly – is the art of manipulating words to form lines which flow with the rest of the poem. When someone attempts to write poetry this becomes evident and is one of the greater difficulties. However with practice these crucial skills will benefit that person when conversing with another. They are able to talk more freely and comfortably knowing that they can arrange what they want to say in several different ways.
A wonderful collection of poetry which is more than capable of helping you achieve this is, “A Sense of Place.”
Among these poems the focus will be entirely placed on “Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening” by RobertFrost. He was born on March 17th in 1874 San Francisco, California. Frost’s mother was of Scottish descent and his father’s origin was English. This...

...1. Stopping By Woods On SnowyEvening By Frost Essay, Research Paper
In "Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening," we have a man who stops in
the woods to watch the snow fall. The speaker finds these woods to escape from
the everyday stresses of life. My own interpretation is that the man finds
himself at a critical crossroad in his life and he flees to these woods to
reflect on his life. The woods that Frost illustrates are a representation of
heaven. Although the man is turning to God for guidance, he is neither in nor
near a church. Even still, he believes his location is irrelevant to God, who
ultimately listens no matter what. In the second stanza, the horse is only a
figment of his imagination. This "horse" is, in actuality, the
speaker’s own consciousness, a moment that we create something to relive the
stress of our deepest emotions. It acts as an internal censor to keep us close
to sanity, the value of life, and maybe even God trying to save his life. When
he comes "Between the woods and frozen lake," he finds that he is at a
crossroad in life. The speaker ponders what direction to take, whether to live
as the moral man that he is, or to take the easy way out by taking his own life.
Frost portrays "The darkest...

...Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening
Whose woods these are I think I know a
His house is in the village though a
He will not see me stopping here b
To watch his woods fill up with snow a
My little horse must think it queer b
To stop without a farm-house near b
Between the woods and the frozen lake c
The darkest evening of the year b
He gives his harness bells a shake c
To ask if there is some mistake c
The only other sound is the sweep d
Of easy wind and downy flake c
The woods are lovely, dark and deep d
But I have promises to keep d
And miles to go before I sleep d
And miles to go before I sleep d
In his book Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature (1975), Henry Widdowson describes the poem as a unique act of communication and a way language is patterned to create a unique message. “Patterns” are the product of repeated occurrences of linguistic forms, each pattern realizing a theme. The pattern Widdowson discerns in the first stanza of the poem is manifested by the “preponderance of pronominal forms”. He sees particular significance in the fact that the possessive adjective “his” occurs twice and “whose” once, leading him “to surmise that the theme of the poem as a whole has something to do with possession as well as something to do with the woods” (Widdowson, 1975, p.118). The possessive...

...Thesis:
"Stopping By Woods on a SnowyEvening" is a simple poem. Underneath the surface it has a slightly deeper meaning. Looking at the way the poem is written and what words are used will prove the underlying meaning of this poem
. Structure
b. Word content
c. Rhyme
d. Rhythmic structure
. Theme
a. Loneliness
b. Choices
c. Nature
. Setting
. Historical background
Conclusion:
As we have looked into this beautifully written poem, the reader can see the many layers that are a part of the simple looking poem. The unusual, song- like writing makes the poem have a complex aspect to it. The many ways to interpret it and the detailed picture that the poem presents prove the complexity of "Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening".
"Stopping By Woods on a SnowyEvening" is a simple poem. Underneath the surface it has a slightly deeper meaning. Looking at the way the poem is written and what words are used will prove the underlying meaning of this poem.
This poem is often considered very simple; part of the reasoning for that thinking is the words or vocabulary contained in the poem. Frost doesn't use extravagant words but limits the words to fewer than three syllables. There are 108 words with in this...

... pets and other animals are also often the recipients of other such one-sided conversations. In addition to simply talking to animals, many people give animals human characteristics such as emotions and thoughts, perhaps to help them feel less alone in the world. In “Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening,” the speaker gives his horse thoughts and emotions, like any ordinary person would in his position, perhaps to show that he is feeling lonely and left out of the world. The poet of “Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening,” RobertFrost, uses literary devices such as the personification of a horse to draw attention to common yet significant ideas.
One of the literary devices that Frost uses to get his impressions across to his reader is rhyme scheme; specifically, he employs end rhyme. The rhyme scheme in this poem is
AABA
BBCB
CCDC
DDDD.
In the first three stanzas, this rhyme scheme draws attention to the third line. The reason Frost is trying to emphasize these lines is that each line contains a sensory detail about his surroundings. In line 3, the speaker comments that “[the owner of the woods] will not see me stopping here.” In line 7, the speaker describes his surroundings: “between the woods and frozen lake.” “The only other sound’s the sweep”...